Physiotherapists are in exhaustion, reveals a study by researchers from CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), and the Polytechnic of Porto.
This work, which involved 511 physiotherapists, concluded that more than 40% of these professionals are “in a situation of physical exhaustion and psychological fatigue” due to the pandemic of COVID-19.
Cristina Jácome, a researcher at CINTESIS/FMUP and a physiotherapist, explains what is at stake (audio in Portuguese).